Freshcut Inspired

After having so many Inspired experiences last weekend, I knew I wanted to use something from the event as this week's SCS Inspiration Challenge. 

Heather Bailey is such a sweet lady ... and she designs awesome fabrics.  This week's challenge is inspired by her Freshcut line of fabrics designed for FreeSpirit (this picture is one color palette ... there are two more).  The fabrics are described as "vintage nostalgia and modern design," which I think fits the bill ... sort of a hipper version of a bygone era.  I love the way all of the patterns and colors work together.

We used Heather's fabric in our Textile Anthology project by Christina Lazar-Schuler (another amazing artist).  She is selling kits for the project in her etsy shop if you are interested.

I used this lap quilt pattern as the inspiration for my card.  I did the math to re-size the width of the strips to fit on a 2" square of cardstock.  I ended up using a 3/4" strip in the center with the other strips cut to 1/2", 1/3" and 1/4" to complete the design.  After I finished the first square, I used the same variation of strips on the rest, so they would fit together to form the pattern.  All papers are from daisy d's snowflakes and holly 6" pad.

I added an Inque Boutique Quotopia quote to the center framed by some dew drops that I attached using Ranger Matte Accents (thanks Claudine).  However it was late, and I was impatient, so I pulled out my heat gun to hopefully speed along the drying process, so I could head to bed.  Instead I discovered that a heat gun actually melts dew drops ... which was sort of a cool discovery because i was able to press them flat and produce a different effect.

I hope you find some inspiration this weekend.

Comments

[Tracy Durcan]

I love this, it's gorgeous!!